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A new way to express yourself: Gemini can now create music

Not a beta. Google just shipped music generation to 2B+ Gemini users.

Reporting by Google DeepMind Blog 1 min brief
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Google expands Gemini's app-layer capabilities beyond text and images into generative audio, democratizing music creation and signaling aggressive competition in the multimodal AI product space.

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  1. Lyria 3 model integrated into Gemini app

  2. 30-second music track generation from text or image prompts

  3. Available to Gemini user base (2B+ potential users)

  4. Published Feb 18, 2026

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Publisher excerpt: The Gemini app now features our most advanced music generation model Lyria 3, empowering anyone to make 30-second tracks using text or images.
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